Intracardiac thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale.
We describe a case of impending paradoxical embolism due to a thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale in a 22-year-old woman. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography detected the thrombus. She was operated on and discharged asymptomatic.
Maroto
L C
LC
Department of Cardiac Surgery, 12 de Octubre Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Molina
L
L
Carrascal
Y
Y
Rufilanchas
J J
JJ
D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*